Editing Neerpelt

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'''Neerpelt''' ({{IPA|nl|ˈneːrpɛlt|-|Nl-Neerpelt.ogg}}, {{lit|Lower Pelt}}) is a town in [[Pelt (municipality)|Pelt]] and a former [[Municipalities of Belgium|municipality]] located in the [[Belgium|Belgian]] province of [[Limburg (Belgium)|Limburg]]. In 2018, the municipality had a total population of 17,174. The total area is 42.78&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://statbel.fgov.be/sites/default/files/files/documents/bevolking/5.1%20Structuur%20van%20de%20bevolking/Wettelijke_bevolking_per_gemeente_2011_2017.xls |title="Wettelijke Bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2018" |website=StatBel |access-date=9 March 2019}}</ref>

Effective 1 January 2019, Neerpelt and [[Overpelt]] were [[Fusion of the Belgian municipalities|merged]] into the new municipality of [[Pelt (municipality)|Pelt]].

==Culture==
[[Provinciaal Domein Dommelhof]] is the [[cultural center]] of Neerpelt. This institute houses several smaller organisations:
* Musica: Impulse Center for music, and manager of [[het Klankenbos]] (the sound forest) on the Dommelhof site
* Zebracinema: arthouse cinema in Belgian Limburg
* Circus Center: Flemish anchor point for circus art
* [[Jazzcase]]: Northern Limburg jazz platform

The Klankenbos is the biggest [[sound art]] collection in [[public space]] in Europe. In the forest there are 15 [[sound installation]] pieces by artists such as [[Pierre Berthet]], [[Paul Panhuysen]], [[Geert Jan Hobbijn]] ([[Staalplaat]] Soundsystem), [[Hans van Koolwijk]], and others.

==Famous inhabitants==
Famous people who were born or lived in Neerpelt include:
* [[Stijn Coninx]], director of Academy Award nominated film "[[Daens (film)|Daens]]"
* [[Ken De Dycker]], motocross racer
* [[Eric Geboers]], motocross world champion
* [[Bart Goor]], football (soccer) player, played 65 times for the [[Belgium national football team|Belgium national team]] 
* [[Wim Mertens]], composer, musician, and musicologist (b. 1953)
* {{Interlanguage link|Stijn Meuris|nl}}, singer-songwriter with the bands [[Monza (band)|Monza]] and [[Noordkaap]]
* [[Belle Perez]], singer
* [[Raf Simons]], fashion designer
* [[Jelle Vanendert]], professional cyclist who currently rides for [[Lotto-Belisol]]
* [[Joost Zweegers]], singer-songwriter with the band [[Novastar]]
* [[Hans Vanaken]], football player

==See also==
*[[Sint-Hubertuscollege]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Commons category-inline}}
*{{Official website|http://www.neerpelt.be}} {{in lang|nl}}

{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Sub-municipalities of Pelt]]
[[Category:Former municipalities of Limburg (Belgium)]]

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